deck_1815086 Flashcards
1-Jan
1-1 Lascaux Cave Painting 15,000 BC France First visual communications
11-Jan
1-5 Early Sumerian pictorgrahpic tablet
17-Jan
1-17 The Code of Hammurabi, Cuneiform detail 1,800 BC Babylonia Excellent example of Cuneiform writing
Jan-32
1-32 Papyrus of Ani, the final judgment 1,420 BC Egypt Dramatic example of The Book of the Dead funerary papyri
17-Feb
2-17 Carved Roman inscription from base of Trajan’s column 114 AD Rome Masterful example of capitalis monumentalis
15-Mar
3-15 The Diamond Sutra 868 AD China Oldest surviving printed manuscript
7-Apr
4-7 The Book of Kells, the Chi-Rho initial page 795 AD Ireland The zenith of Celtic illumination
11-Apr
4-11 Coronation Gospels, portrait of St. Mark’s, Caroline manuscript Late 8th C. Germany Height of illumination under Charlemagne’s revival of the arts
18-Apr
4-18 Douse Apocalypse, Gothic manuscript 1265 Eng. / Fr. Masterpiece of Gothic illumination
25-Apr
4-25 Limbourg Brothers, Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry 1413-16 French Pinnacle of the illuminated book
3-May
5-3 Woodblock print of St. Christopher 1423 Europe One of the earliest dated European block prints
14-May
5-14 Johann Gutenberg, pages from 42-line bible 1450-55 Germany First book printed with movable type (typographic book)
4-Jun
6-4 Gunter Zainer, page with hand-colored woodcut from Das goldene Spiel 1473 Germany Fine early example of illustrated typographic book
11-Jun
6-11 Anton Koberger, pages from Nuremberg Chronicle 1493 Germany Masterpiece of incunabula graphic design
18-Jun
6-18 Albrecht Durer, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse 1498 Germany Monumental achievement of woodcut illustration
12-Jul
7-12 Ratoldt, Loeslein, Maler, title page, Euclid’s Geometriae elementa 1482 Italy Early Renaissance book with woodcut borders & initials
18-Jul
7-18 Aldus Manutius, typographic page from Hypnerotomachia Poliphili 1499 Italy Height of the Italian Renaissance with Aldine Press books
Jul-35
7-35 Geoffrey Tory, pages from Champ Fleury 1529 France Influential 3 volume work on language, letters & letterforms
Jul-38
7-38 Henri Estienne (ptr), Claude Garamond (type dsgr), title page 1557 France Fine book using Garamond’s old style type
Jul-45
7-45 Johann Oporinus, De humani corporis fabrica by Andreas Vesalius 1543 Germany 677 page masterpiece by the founder of modern anatomy
11-Aug
8-11 William Caslon, specimen of Caslon roman and italic 1734 England Old style face popular in the British Empire into the 19th century
14-Aug
8-14 John Baskerville, title page for the Virgil’s Bucolia, Georgica et Aeneis 1757 England Represents the zenith of the transitional Roman typeface
23-Aug
8-23 Giambattista Bodoni, title page for Manuale tipografico 1818 Italy Representative of the Modern category of typestyles
26-Aug
8-26 Pierre Didot, title page for Vergil’s Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis 1798 France With his brother and father, pushed the Modern typestyle & Neoclassical design